With its tremendous momentum in recent years, how is sustainable finance faring in the current market environment? Has the pandemic accelerated the integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria into investment processes? Have ESG investment solutions been impacted?

Ambitious plans for battery factories and charging points require not only innovative technology but also pioneering finance.

To face the challenges of the energy transition, supporting the development of solutions linked to decarbonated hydrogen is a political priority that requires massive investments. A viewpoint by Olivier Musset, Global Head of the Energy Group and Louis-Aynard de Clermont Tonnerre, Head of Power, Utilities & Infrastructure Industry Group at Societe Generale.

Societe Generale issues a €1 billion green bond under its new Sustainable and Positive Impact Finance framework aligned with the Group’s ESG strategy.

The Spanish contractor Makiber (ACS group) has finished the construction of a new hospital, which marks a major social development for the country.

Eric Flour, Deputy CEO of Societe Generale Factoring in charge of CSR resources and sponsors, explains how factoring, an essential lever of short-term financing for companies, has a strong impact in Corporate Social Responsibility.

A new solar energy center will supply electricity to the world’s largest concentration of data centers, with the financing contribution of Societe Generale.

With coal on the way out and gas as a transition fuel towards a cleaner and more sustainable energy mix, LNG-to-power solutions are expected to multiply in South East Asia, particularly in Indonesia.

At the heart of the circular economy, at the cutting edge of technology and performing socially.

71 wind turbines will not only create 1,400 jobs, but ultimately produce enough annual electricity consumption for more than 60% of the inhabitants of Seine-Maritime in France.